Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Google with 3.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 79.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Google in Dec 2015
Interview
Applied online through a connection at Google. Received a response to set up two phone interviews within a week. Had two back to back phone interviews 2 weeks later where you code in a Google Doc. Difficult but not impossible questions. Hardest part was conveying what you were coding over the phone. Make sure to not go silent ever
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Google (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2014
Interview
Difficult you Must know people up top. You must work with integrity and really enjoy this. Don't just apply because you want to work here. You'll burn out and won't make it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you tell about why you think you are the best candidate for the position
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Google
Interview
Applied online, got an email asking to do three phone technical interviews (back-to-back-to-back). Passed those first three rounds, waited for about two months to get matched with a team (while turning down offers with earlier deadlines), and eventually had a short fit interview with the team I ended up working for (very non-technical, more about whether I'd be interested in the work)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a string of letters, implement method that outputs string of 1's and 0's of the same size corresponding to if a selected letter is in that position in the input string.